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The Cave

June 6 09:57 EST

"…And if your spin lands on the right number, you could win—"

Arch aimlessly flipped through the television channels, his head leaning against his hand in boredom. Next to the tall nineteen year old with electric red hair on the large beige leather sofa sat Milagaro and Irey, all in their civvies. Chris Kent leisurely leaned forward, his elbow propped on the arm of the sofa. While channels changed periodically, the young heroes were caught up in their own conversations.

Irey retold the tale of her recent team-up with her dad against the aging Adonis a few days prior.

Chris looked towards the red-head, still chuckling over the story. "So he pulled the typical robbery, but tried to do it with pathetic little androids? That may seem smart at first, but he should know by now that kind of power requires a nearby connection that can be easily tracked."

Milagaro shook her head. "Some of these 'big time villains'," The Hispanic girl added, quoting with her fingers in mock, "They are really losing their touch. About a month ago, Dr. Light threatened to take over a power plant. It was fácil, easy, to take him out in three small moves. Guy Garner never had to lift a finger to help."

Chris shook his head. "Villains are stupid,"

"Desperate is more like it." Irey added in a correcting tone.

Arch gave an entertained look towards them before he continued to scan through the television.

"How can you be such an moron to ever believe that I would—Can you help us find the right shape to—And the polls are beginning to rise for candidate Lex Luthor as he—That's right folks! Call now and you can get for free a—"

"Hold it! Don't change the channel!" Chris practically exclaimed as he completely whipped around to face the television.

"What? Looking to get a mini pancake turner?" Milagaro asked with an amused look.

"No, not that," The son of the original Man of Steel furiously shook his head before turning to Arch. "Can you switch it back to the news reports?"

Arch raised an eyebrow. "That stuff's boring," Seeing the intent look on the Super's face, he slouched back on the sofa and hesitantly answered the request, handing the control over. "Whatever,"

"…Is most known as a grand entrepreneur, from a small business to a thriving corporation in different sections across the country and in some parts of the world. LexCorp has become a name that rivals other major companies such as Wayne Enterprises. Luthor has since become a public face to the world in his generous endeavors of serving as a peacekeeper between two nations on the brink of war, aiding in generous donations and protection to countries affected by devastating storms, and his contribution to rebuilding our own nation, all in hopes to play his part in making the world a better place."

Irey groaned really loud at that part, letting her head hit the back of the sofa. "Oh, please. Haven't we heard enough?"

"Agreed," Arch added, tempted to take the remote out of the Kryptonian's hands himself.

Milagaro glanced over at Chris before turning to Irey. "It must be in his blood to be obsessed with anything about Luthor considering who his padre is." She paused for a moment, adding in an after-thought in a directed question to the speedster. "Or would it be both his parents who have chased after him?"

Irey sat up to respond, looking directly at her current annoyance. She spoke loudly, "You're right. Maybe he should focus on getting a degree in journalism."

Chris was quick to shush her, fully focused on the television. She rolled her eyes and stayed in her position while staring back at the ceiling, seriously considering getting up and leaving the room. Milagaro and Arch shared a look of agreement to the red-head's desires, but remained in their spots.

"In his run for President, Luthor leaves his company in the hands of his twenty-five year old son, Alex Luthor, who emerged nearly six years ago. This once unknown individual has proven to be the real son of Luthor as he begins to show grand authority and brilliance, following in the footsteps of his father—"

The screen went blank. The four young heroes nearly jump as they never noticed the presence of their team leader until now. Robin, with his ever so present dark shades covering his eyes, boldly stood in his dark red slim fitting shirt and dark slacks next to Chris, remote somehow in hand without the Super's previous notice.

"Haven't you had enough of that crap by now?"

Chris stood, slightly towering over the current boy wonder as he glared at him. "Learning about either of the Luthor's possible actions is not worthless."

Damian raised an eyebrow, ignoring the glare of the Kryptonian. "I never said it was," The leader smoothly replied. Chris faltered a bit as he gave a minor look of confusing. Robin sized up to the stronger teen. "You're not going to get anything worth listening to from those kinds of sources, Kent. I thought for sure you would have known that by now."

The girls held back snickers while Arch felt like he was missing something. Chris shook his head as he internally groaned. "So much for the secret identity thing around you, D." He mumbled.

Robin paid him no mind as he wrapped bands carefully around his hands. "Once you've finished, Steel," He replied in a hint of mockery, not bothering to look up from his current task, "You're up first for a sparring session."

"Of course," Chris replied, rolling his eyes as he began to walk over. He briefly turned toward the other three in a sarcastic explanation, "And this has nothing to do with the possible feud between our dads of who was better on this trending verses thing that's been going around lately. And junior here would have no reason to try and prove it—gah."

Chris was cut off due to the swipe he barely dodged. Robin gave a hardly noticeable smirk at the glare he received. "Are you ready now?" He grumbled in response, but moved into a defensive position.

While watching the glares sent to each other as they began their practice, Arch asked cautiously to his female teammates, "Is there some kind of unspoken harsh past between them?"

Milagaro shook her head. With a glance to the boy wonder, she replied quietly, "The two of them never quite got along, but then Robin doesn't seem to get along with others well."

"That's not true," Irey added in quick defense. She cleared her throat as she looked down for a second upon seeing the Green Lantern raise her eyebrow in inquiry. "I know D—Robin doesn't get along with everyone, but I mean who does?"

Milagaro gave a suggestive grin. "I don't know what you honestly see in that brat anyway."

Irey waved it off. "He's not that bad. I think he puts up a tough front to never show any weakness."

"Sure," The dark haired heroine replied, unconvinced of the theory. "That's the only reason you are quick to defend him… or why your favorite color seems to be red now as you've been staring at his shirt since he came in." Irey fought back a blush. Milagaro's smile widened. "I will admit, he does pack some nice muscles."

"Girls," Arch grumbled as he shook his head in disbelief. He moved a short distance away from them to ignore the conversation and fully study the defensive moves in the sparring.

Irey turned toward her friend with a sly smile. "Oh, you have a crush on our dear leader? I thought you had your sights on a different super hero with dazzling blue eyes and a charming smile."

"You're loco Chica," The junior Lantern bit the bottom of her lip as she forced herself to look ahead at the fight. The speedster grinned in triumph.

Robin caught Chris off-guard, giving a series of tactical hits to knock him over. The super quickly found steady footing to block off in firm arm stances.

For a normal being, they probably wouldn't have caught Chris's quick turn toward the others watching in very slight bulging eyes. For a speedster, Irey grinned as she instantly caught on to his very brief distraction. Irey had a huge smile like she got the one thing she dreamed of for Christmas. Giving a glance at her two friends, she decided to keep her observation quiet. At least for the time being.

After another moment of watching the spar continue, Robin hit in an uppercut to the jaw before he slipped behind Steel and threw a few more quick punches that would have made a speedster proud. Using his momentary bewilderment, Robin tossed the super over and on the ground with a thud. The computerized voice announced the winner.

Chris groaned as he got up. He looked towards the young women of the team in slight annoyance, purposely avoiding them directly. "I probably would have done better if you two weren't talking."

Damian began taking off his bands around his hands. "You need to be used to blocking out distractions in a real situation, Kent." He pointed out. Chris ignored him as he folded his arms and leaned against the nearest wall.

Milagaro cleared her throat of the silence left from the argument. She stepped forward in question, "Robin, would you like me to go a round with Arch?"

The young man perked up at his name. Robin turned to study between the Green Lantern and the Meta until he caught glance of another moving along the edge of the training room. Jai bluntly ignored the gazes of the others as he made his way towards the kitchen. Robin continued to watch the speedster walk past.

"Actually, I'd rather have West." He loudly replied, looking directly at the back of Jai's head.

Irey looked back and forth between Damian to her brother. "Jai," She called out.

The dark haired speedster took his time to turn around in question. She gestured toward Robin. He glared at the leader. "Yes?" He asked in a gruff.

"Take a round against Arch."

Jai doesn't look away from him. "Why?" He scoffed.

Robin raised his eyebrow and his mouth goes grim. "Would you rather spar against me?"

Jai mumbled incoherently before he hesitantly headed over towards Arch. With a final glare towards the son of Batman, Jai turned back to the waiting young man. "Ready?"

Arch nodded. When he barely had time to raise his arms for defense, Jai sent a series of speedy jabs around his shoulders followed by a swipe kick to his unguarded side. This caused the Meta to stagger back a few feet in minor surprise to regain his balance.

Jai gave a smirk, taunting his sparring partner to come forward towards him with a hand gesture. "Have to do better than that, Archie."

For a speedster, Jai was too slow to avoid the heavy punch sent directly towards his face. Turned away, Jai rubbed his now sore jaw in shock. Jai jerked back to a over-towering Arch, tightened fists at his stiffened sides as he waited for his opponents next move. Arch made no move to speak any sort of apologies for his hard punch as he stared hard-faced against the speedster.

Jai glared back and rubbed his jaw one last time before lunging back into the fight. This time, Meteor was prepared for Kid Flash, blocking most of his attacks and sending a few back. Jai slipped behind him to stagger him when Arch expected and acted upon the attack, turning to block with a hard arm and a thrust back. Jai stepped back, both anticipating the other's next moves.

The others watching made no point to speak, enthralled by the spar. Irey watched her brother with a slight frown, not liking how harsh it seemed like he was making this practice be. In a speed slightly inhuman, Jai made a bunch of moves on both sides against his opponent before knocking him off his feet. Arch landed down on his back side with a thud.

Jai let out a few deep breaths before rubbing his jaw to notice the soreness went down majorly due to his rapid healing. Arch stood up straight as he subconsciously rubbed his arm for a moment.

Jai commented with seriousness, "Next time, don't take it so hard."

Arch narrowed his eyes. "Then don't call me Archie," He added in warning.

Jai glared before raising an eyebrow. "Fine," He turned towards the others before pointily stopping at Robin. "He did well. Now if this is satisfactory enough, I'll be on my way." Jai headed off towards the Zeta Beams before giving a chance for anyone to speak.

Recognized: Kid Flash C08

"That was…interesting." Milagaro said aloud, breaking the silence.

"Not bad," Chris replied, giving Arch an encouraging pat on the back. The latter returned a small smile of appreciation. "If KF wasn't so much a stuck up and sore loser, you probably could have beaten him."

"You are talking about my brother," Irey mentioned.

"He does have a point," Milagaro added with sympathy towards her red-headed friend.

Irey shrugged in defeat. "I suppose you're kind of right."

Robin continued to watch towards the Zeta Beams, contemplating over the previous sparring and the dark haired speedster. It seemed to be the time to have a little chat with him soon.

Keystone City

10:53

Diana stood in front of an old abandoned little thrift shop on the edge of town. Boards covered up broken windows and most of the door. The thirteen year old leaned against the wall, giving a glance around her surroundings before checking her phone once more for the time. Diana sighed in slight boredom. She had been waiting for nearly a half an hour. When she had just begun pulling her thick black hair in a hairtie, a flash of light appeared from inside the old building. A muffled computerized voice announced,

Recognized: Syren C11

After a moment, the boards at the entrance were pulled aside carefully. Ryla emerged and swatted briefly at invisible barriers hanging in her face.

"You know, if the place was cleaned more often, there wouldn't be so many cobwebs everywhere." The blonde Atlantian mentioned, finished with her arm waving dance. She blew the loose strand of blonde hair out of her face, adjusting her small braid to the right in her midst of thick hair. Ryla's hairstyle was based off of Kida's from Atlantis: The Lost Empire, one of the Atlantian's favorite movies when she was a kid, especially when understanding the fact that she was part Atlantian, though somewhat different in comparison to the movie.

Diana leaned off the wall, an eyebrow raised as a corner of her mouth curved up. "It's supposed to have an unused look to avoid unwanted snoopers." She pointed out.

Ryla shrugged and smiled. "Oh well. This still beats hanging out at the cave when it is such a beautiful day out." The blonde latched her arm around the younger, gesturing ahead. "I am ready for the tour of your mighty city."

The two friends went on their way, the West girl giving a brief history of different things they passed while Ryla added in various comments. It was an enjoyable day for both. Once reaching Keystone's main park, Ryla peered up at the statue of the famed scarlet speedster in polished bronze, stationed in the center of a large fountain near the entrance. An amused look passed across her face.

"That is a pretty—interesting addition to this lovely little park." Ryla leaned in close to Diana's ear, adding quietly, "I understand that Keystone is one of Flash's cities to protect, but does it scream awkward to you to have a statue of your dad our here like this?"

Diana gave a wide smile as she shook her head. "This isn't nearly as bad as the one in Central. Much bigger there and a couple stationed right in front of the fully dedicated for Flash museum."

Ryla raised an eyebrow and suppressed a laugh, failing miserably. "Wow," She responded, still calming from her minor laughing fit. "I don't think there is any other designated city with a statue of their hero," The blonde paused, tilting her head in thought. "No, Atlantis has one of Aquaman, though he is the king so I doubt that hardly counts." Ryla's amused smile returned as she gave a short laugh. "How odd will it be if, for example, the mighty Batman had his own museum?"

Diana joined in the fun of her best friend's musings. "I wouldn't be surprised," The younger kept to herself how the Batcave kind of served as a personal museum with a giant penny, a Tyrannosaurus Rex figure, and who knows what else the Bats collected throughout the years. At least, that is from what she heard in Irey's visit a time or two to the famed secret cave.

Ryla sat down on the edge of the fountain, her hand dipping in the water to slowly twirl around, letting the water run through her fingers. "Your city is nice and all, though it would have been nicer to be located near the coast with a fresh ocean breeze. No offence, but you live too far inland."

Diana rolled her eyes in a gentle manner before pointing out as she sat next to her, "Ryla, you enjoy being near the ocean too much."

The blonde was quick to respond. "Why wouldn't I considering who my father is? It runs in the genetics."

Diana nodded in understanding. Her friend, after all, is the daughter of Kaldur'ahm, one of the original heroes that started the junior team all those years ago. It was no surprise that, like many other children of the heroes, Ryalani followed in the path of her father's heroic acts. When she was thirteen and strong enough to endure the pressures of deep sea, Ryla trained for a time with the Queen of Atlantis herself at the Conservatory of Sorcery to later learn special forms of hydrokenisis. Just like Kaldur and others before and after him. Being only part Atlantian with a mix of meta-human from her mother, Ryla could only remain an extended amount of time under the water without any aids until Aquaman and Queen Mera granted her allowance in a more permanent way for her to stay under the water. Soon enough, Ryla was ready to take on the young hero status. Instead of taking on the expected namesake mantels of previous Aquagirls, and seeing how it slightly pained her father with the name, Ryla took a different approach to her own unique name. Syren. It also contributed to her additional abilities inherited from her mother's side.

Diana remembered the first time she first became friends with the bubbly Atlantian hybrid nearly a year ago. The archer-in-training came to visit the cave for the first time with Irey and Jai when she was introduced to a large portion of the Team that was there. Ryla was the first to question (with much excitement) about a possible new hero initiation. The siblings instantly denied the question with explanations of her young age. Ryla didn't care, welcoming the younger in with a smile. That's how she was. Friendly to just about everyone she came across as long as they treated her with kindness in return. It didn't take long for the two to become really good friends, the older looking out for the younger in making sure she was included and happy. Diana truly enjoyed hanging around Ryla as she always seemed to bring up her spirits without even trying.

Ryla nudging her pulled Diana out of her thoughts. "So when will you become a full fledged member of the team? I'm serious about taking on the name Huntress. It perfectly suits you that it is awesome."

Diana looked down at her hands clasped together in her lap. "Huntress was my grandmother's name." She softly spoke, "She was pretty cool to be around I guess. Or from what I heard from Jai and Irey since I didn't have much of a chance to know her as I was fairly young when she died…"

Ryla placed a hand on her friend's shoulder and gave an encouraging smile. Diana returned it. "You are right though. I like Huntress," Diana turned away, flicking a pebble into the fountain. "If I were to become a hero. Officially I mean."

Ryla tilted her head and gave a slight pout in response. "Why not?"

Diana shrugged, still partially turned away. "I don't see it happening anytime soon."

Ryla studied the dark haired girl before her. "I know it cannot be the no powers thing since you definitely have the skills of becoming kick butt like your mom. Can't let that stop you."

The blonde's gaze flickered away elsewhere at her own statement as she was reminded of her own mother. Diana was aware from her admittance a while ago that Ryla's mom, Adalyn, had music hypnosis abilities inherited by her father turned criminal mastermind and thus somewhat passed on to her. However it was not nearly as prominent as her mother and grandfather. Ryla stated then that she didn't blame her mom for choosing not to become a hero as she was not hero material. She was too soft-hearted.

Ryla turned back with honest determination in her eyes. "Diana, you will in time become a great hero." She gave a smile, her sea green eyes now brighter. "You may not know it yet, but you will."

As Diana was about to thank her friend for her confidence in her, an argument nearby averted their attention. A young man about college age ranted on to his girlfriend in harsh words as she turned away from him with her arms folded as she told him to leave her alone. The girls frowned at the scene.

Ryla gave a careful glance around while replying, "Watch this,"

Her eyes moving back and forth once more, the blonde then dipped her whole hand in the water, motioning her other hand above toward the argument. With a simple twirl and push forward, a ripple of water quickly developed into a skinny wave. It completely side-brushed the girl and soaked the guy. The girl suppressed a smile and a giggle with her hand while the guy whipped around, eyes narrowed for the cause. Ryla and Diana gave feigned looks of surprise to avoid detection.

The girlfriend finally found her voice. "Serves you right,"

In a huff, the guy leaves, but slightly embarrassed at the people around chuckling at his dripping appearance. Enraged, he stormed off, swearing under his breath of his distaste in water.

The two grinned as they watched the girl give a relieved sigh as she watched him storm off before moving away before he had a chance to change his mind and come back.

The blonde gave the biggest grin like she just earned a hundred dollar bill. "Another disaster diverted,"

"At least for the time being," Diana added with a smirk. Ryla rolled her eyes and laughed.

With a feeling of minor accomplishment, the two friends left the park in search of a simple place for lunch as they continued to talk about the recent event and the guy's expression as he stood drenched in water. This also brought up similar memories of being caught off-guard while training. Jai's hole in the bottom of his favorite shirt from being pinned to the wall as he snuck up on his little sister while practicing targets was enough for him to remain in the back until she finished.

"At least it was your brother," Ryla replied, softening her voice, "It's not as bad as completely knocking the King of Atlantis over and into a pillar by a ball of water while he supervised your training. At least he—"

Screech! Zap!

The Atlantian hybrid immediately stopped talking when a few cars pushed hard on their breaks nearby. At the same time, the glass from a bunch of street lights blew out in a row. A handful of people started running past from behind them, terror across their faces. The teens whipped their heads around to analyze the situation.

"What was that?"

Diana narrowed her eyes to where a strange faint shadow appeared a few yards from a hidden road ahead before seeming to disappear briefly in thin air. Sounds of more glass breaking echoed towards them as lights from building signs flickered.

A large bluish purple mass turned on the main street that Ryla and Diana were standing on. Diana could literally feel the hair on her arms raise at the sight of the monster thing. It seemed to be made up entirely of electricity with the shape of arms and legs. In the center near the top was some kind of black square thing that occasionally sparked. Lightning seemed to come from its body and strike a nearby car, causing the alarm to go off. The electric type being stopped and turned toward the blaring car before it raised its arm and shot bolts of electricity towards the offending noise, immediately cutting off the noise. Once satisfied, the electric monster turned back to slowly move along with no general point of direction other than destroying everything in sight.

Ryla pulled out her communicator, her sea green eyes still shocked at the unexplainable creature. "I—I think we need to alert the others…"

To clear things up, Arch is the newest member of the team by a couple of months. He knows them by first names right now unless they told him specifically who they are. Most have known each other longer and know their full identities, excluding the current Robin. At this point from the team, only the West/Harper and Kent families know him as Damian Wayne or D for short.

Ryla's mother is an OC, but her grandfather is not. He's not part of YJ, yet is I believe more part of DCAU I think it's called. From a DC show… ;) Hopefully you'll be able to recognize the monster. Reference to another awesome DC show.

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